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SADDLE EIETTE FASTENING AND EAENESSEUEKLE.

No. 244,624. Patented July 19,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ISAAC I. LANCASTER AND HOMER A. SEARS, OF GOLDENDALE, WASHING- TONTERRITORY.

SADDLE -GI RTH FASTENING AND HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,624, dated July 19,1881,

Application filed May 13, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern 'Beit known that we, IsAAo I. LANCASTER and HOMER A. SEARS, of Goldendale,in the county of Klikitat,Washington Territory, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Saddle-Girth Fastenings, of which the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description.

()ur invention relates to means for securing and tighteningsaddle-girths, to be used in- Stead of buckles.

The invention consists in a novel construction of a plate and a pair ofpivoted springpawls, and a novel construction of the girth, and certaindetails connected therewith,whereby provision is madefor securely andquickly tightening or loosening the girth, as hereinafter described.

, or tongue usually employed at the end of the girth, and is providedwith notches b on both edges.

' 0 represents a ring or link, consisting of a round bar bent to formsomewhat more than a half-circle, and having its ends connected by aroller, D.

E E are two straps, having their lowerends attached to the ring or link0, and their upper ends attached to the saddle-tree.

G is a metallic plate, riveted or otherwise attached to the girth A, andH is a plate riveted or bolted to the plate G. Between these two plates,near one end, are secured two longitudinal bars, J J, the outer ends ofwhich are turned outward beyond the plate H and formed into lugs, whichserve as bearings for a roller, K, while the main portions of the bars,being parallel with each other, serve to guide the strap or tongue B, ashereinafter described.

Near the other end, between the plates and in line with the bars J J,are two similar bars, J J minus the lugs and roller.

At two opposite edges of the plate H, and extending outward beyond thebars J J in opposite directions, are two lugs, h h, in which are pivotedtwo pawls, L L, with their noses pointing inward toward each other andworkingbetween the contiguous ends of the bars J and J .v v

If desired, the bars J and J may be in one piece, and provided with aslot for the nose of the pawl to work in. Each pawl is provided with aspring, I, which bears against the bar J with a tendency to press theouter end of the pawl outward and the nose inward.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The strap or tongue B ispassed .up through the link 0, then down. around the roller D, and thenbetween the plates G and H and bars J and J and under the roller K. Whenthe strap isfpulled the girth is tightened, and the strap is held inposition by the engagement of the pawls L with the notchesb. By pressingthe upper ends of the pawls toward each other their noses are withdrawnfrom the notches, and the tongue B may be loosened or entirely drawnout.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a saddle-girth fastening, a strap ortongue, B, having its edges provided with abutments or notches b, incombination with pawls L, arranged and operating as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a saddle-girth, A, and tongue or strap B, ofthe plates Gr H,pawls L, bars J J ,.and roller K, substantially as andfor the purpose herein described.

3. The pawl L and spring Z, in combination with the plates G H, lugs h,and bars J, as herein shown and described.

ISAAC IN GERSOL LANCASTER. HOMER ALDEN SEARS. Witnesses:

SAMUEL WITKOUSKI, M- M. HART:

